Making sense of health rankings

Statistics Canada. (Added Author). Canadian Institute for Health Information (Added Author).

Summary: This methodology paper aims to improve readers understanding of ranking reports. It outlines the components and processes that underlie health rankings and explores why such rankings can be difficult to interpret. The paper concludes with a checklist to help readers judge and compare the value of health-related rankings.

Record details

ISBN: 9781554653270 (PDF)
Physical Description: electronic resource
electronic
Publisher: Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Health Information, c2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Issued also in French under title: Comprendre les methodes de classement relatives a la sante. Multi-User. Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program. Title from title screen (viewed Nov. 21, 2008).
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Electronic monograph in PDF format.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet. System requirement: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Issuing Body Note:	Co-published by: Statistics Canada.